2011
First Published
3.53
Average Rating
176
Number of Pages
Distraught by her own lack of accomplishment—especially in comparison to that of a childhood rival who has become a famous and successful publisher—a middle-aged woman has the opportunity of a to translate the work of an unknown literary star and, in the process, impress the woman she most admires.
Avg Rating
3.53
Number of Ratings
57
5 STARS
14%
4 STARS
40%
3 STARS
33%
2 STARS
9%
1 STARS
4%
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Author
Anita Desai
Author · 22 books
Anita Desai was born in 1937. Her published works include adult novels, children's books and short stories. She is a member of the Advisory Board for English of the National Academy of Letters in Delhi and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in London. Anita Mazumdar Desai is an Indian novelist and Emeritus John E. Burchard Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She has been shortlisted for the Booker prize three times. Her daughter, the author Kiran Desai, is the winner of the 2006 Booker prize.
